aduaine

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare aduain.

Noun

aduaine f (genitive singular aduaine)

  1. strangeness, unfamiliarity, obscurity
Declension
Declension of aduaine (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative aduaine
vocative a aduaine
genitive aduaine
dative aduaine
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an aduaine
genitive na haduaine
dative leis an aduaine
don aduaine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

aduaine

  1. inflection of aduain (“strange, unfamiliar; apart”):
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    3. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of aduaine
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aduaine n-aduaine haduaine not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • “aduaine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

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